( ) 
III. The Natural Htfiory and Dejcription of the Phce- 
nicopterus or Flamingo 5 with two Views of the 
Head 7 and three of the Tongue , of that beautiful 
and uncommon Bird. By James Douglafs, M. T>. 
Bgg. Soc . S. 
NOME N. 
I T was the famous Comical Poet Arijlopbanes, that 
firft makes mention of this Bird by the Name of 
$omx.o7rfep@* (a), and not long after it is called ofvis 
$>oivl (b) by Philoflratus in his Life of Apollonius 
Tyarnus. Apicius, Vilnius, Suetonius, Juvenal, and other 
Latin Writers, retain the Greek Word, and call it Phoe- 
nicopterus « Bellonius ( c ) fays, that in French it is named 
le Flement or Flambant. Scaliger affirms, that in Pro- 
vence they call it Flammant : And ( d ) Gefner fays it may 
be called Avis Rubra per excellentiam:' ( e ) Aldrovandus 
writes, that in Sardinia it goes by the Name of Flamin- 
go ; and de Laet tells us, the Spaniards in the Weft- Indies 
call it Flamenco » Dr. Charlton and Dr. Grew convert the 
Greek Appellation into Englifh, naming it th cPhceni- 
copter : And Sir Hans Sloane, in his Catalogue of Jamaica 
Birds annexed to Mr. Ray's SynopJrs Avium-, ftiles it the 
Flamingo, (f) Du Tertre calls it le Flamand, which dif- 
fers but little from the Name given it by Bellonius : And 
(a) Arijloph. Aves. Sc. 4. (b) Pbiloft. Lib. 8. Pag. 387. Edit. Paris. 
1 605. fol. ( c ) Bellon. Hiftoira des Oyfeaux, Lib. 8. Cap. 8. id) Gefner 
Hip. Amm. Lib. 3. ( e)Aldrov , Ornitbol. Tom, III. Lib. 20. Cap. 4. {/) 
Hiji, 4 es Jftes, &c. p, 300, “ 
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